Cork-inserting machine



Nov; 13 1923. 1,474,227

0. BOISSET CORK INSERTING MACHINE Filed March 24, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Zar fiomel' y MUM Map Nov. 13, 1923.

. C. BOISSET CORK INSERTING MACHINE 1922 2 Sheets$heet 2 Filed March 24,

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UNi'rs srrss at eerie CORK-INSEETING MACHINE.

Application .filed March 24,1922. Serial No. 5 16, 160.

To all 107mmit may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnnnnns Borssnr, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at New Orleans in the parish of Orleans and, State of Louisiana,.have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Cork- Inserting illachines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and .use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in cork inserting machines and more particularly refers to a machine .for introducing cork inserts or the like into perforated clutch. disks.

An object of the. invention is to provide for the proper positioning and centering of the clutch diskso as to bringqthesepertorationsin sequence in a correct position to receive the insertand to, allow of the rapid adjustmentot thedisk. to bring sub sequent perforations in registry with the cork inserting mechanism.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a machine of this character in which the mechanisms for centering and for holding, the clutch disk centered and also for. forcing the cork insert into the disk are so related and arranged as to be capableof easyandconvenient operation and to permit ot-the manufacture of the device in a substantially condensed structureat an economical figure and to further permit rapidity in the operation of introducingthe inserts and .to provide for the correct application of the inserts-to 'the disks. I

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will vbelnore fully; described hereinafter, and will she-more particularly pointed 1 out in;" the claims appended 118mm.

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Fig. 9 is a view of one of the disks with an insert in place.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 designates a suitable table supported upon legs 2 in any desired manner and having an inverted L-shaped headstock 3 with the top portion over-hanging the table and secured at its base thereto as by the use of 1 bolts 1.v

The head stock carries a sleeve 5'with its axis disposed vertically and slidingly receiving ahollow stem 6 which acts asa guide for a cone carrier 7 extending downwardly therefrom toward the table and removably receivinga hollow cone 8 which is connected therewith as by the use or screw threads 9. The cone carrier 7 is provided with a forked or slotted lug 10 in which a pin 11. carried bya lever 12'is slidingly received, the lever 12 being pivoted as at 13 to the head stock 3 and normally coming to rest upon a stop 14 projecting sidewise'trom the head stock.

The normal position of the lever 12 is preferablv a horizontal one as appears in Fig. 1. The cone 8 is adapted in this normal position to rest with its beveled tip 15 resting withina perforation 16 0t af clutch disk 17 being operated upon. This clutch disk is represented in broken lines in Figs. 1 and 2 and it is adapted to seat upon a rest 18at oneend, which rest is carried by the table 1 and may be bolted or otherwise secured thereto and may have a sliding adjustment along the table if.desired to bring it to. a variety of positions suitable for supporting various-styles of clutch disks. .The ta ble also carries a pair of set screws 19 havingconical or pointed upper ends :toengage beneath the disks 17 at opposite sides of a perforation 16. the s se wsbei e adjusted" n l sld'iil th dinsted need-Q1 by t u o l ck nut 20-: e t s r ws 19 spaced iernronr y om t e res .18 o rece v Oppo it d .si r pa tic e a the. d s

Thecone 8 is hollow as 11 heated set above toypermit Offthe jltigllflgdnlihe 1 1 212 'snd t o e of. CQ Y fo the insert 21 destined for insertion in the open- 'The lower position of the perforation 16.

acts to drive the cork or other insert into place. This plunger 22 receives its operation manually from a lever 23 pivoted at 21 upon the head stock and being arrested in its downward movement by a laterally projecting stop 25 also on the head stock. the lever 23 is also a horizontal one and the arrangement and relative dispositions of the levers 12 and 23 is such that upon the depressing of the lever 23 the hand of the operator will there by be brought close to the normal horizontal position of the lever 12 enabling the latter to be readily grasped and lifted to elevate the cone 8. The lever 23 is coupled to the plunger 22 as by the use of an inverted L- shaped link 26 pivoted to an intermediate part of the lever 23 as indicated at 27 and at its upper angled end between the forks of a yoke 28 as shown at 29. The yoke-piece 28 may be screw-threaded or otherwise secured to the plunger 22. The coil spring 30 has its intermediate portion turned into a suitable number of convolutions about the pivot pin 27, having one end 31 hooked about one edge of the link 26 and the other end 32 about the opposite edge of the lever 23, thereby acting to elevate the lever 23 and the parts associated therewith.

In the operation of the invention, the parts are normally in the position shown in Fig. .4: where both the cone and the plunger are illustrated as normally raised. The disk 17 is then put in place so that the two set screws on opposite sides of the horizontal flanges of the table 1 will receive the clutch disk and support a perforation 16 therein between the set screws and in vertical registry with the descending cone 8 whereby the beveledutip 15 thereof may be enabled to center itself upon the rim of these parts is then such that the cone will hold the disk against casual lateral movement during the operation of introducing the insert.

The cork, in the form of a small cylinder '21, is then placed in the upper end of the cone as indicated in Fig. 5, into which it fits readily. The plunger 22 is then brought down by use of the lever 23 with sufficient pressure to drive the insert 21 down into the gradually reduced portion of the cone which compresses the insert and restricts its diameter so that it is prepared for entry into the small perforation 16 into which it is subsequently driven as indicated in Fig. 7, by the continued downward action of the plunger 22. The plunger is arrested by the abutment of the lever 23. against the stop 25 and this occurs ata pointwhen the insert has been correctly placed, said point being previously determined by adiusting the length of the plunger 26 at 28. The hand of the operator is then-close to the lever 12 The arrangement of so that by grasping the same it raises it and with it cone 8. As the lever 23 keeps the plunger 22 in a steady position upon the top of cork (or insert) 21, the raising of cone 8 releases the balance of the insert which now spreads out on both faces of the disk and may be afterwards cut or trimmed in any suitable manner. Fig. 8 shows cone 8 being. raised while plunger 22 keeps the insert 21 in place, the top of the insert spreading out as soon as cone 8 has been. raised suiiiciently.

From the foregoing it will be understood that a compact and inexpensive machine having a relativelygreat capacity for work is produced.

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this in vention without departing from the spirit thereof. such changes and modifications be-- ing restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed isi V 1. A cork inserting machine for perforated clutch disks and the like comprising a table, an adjustable support on the table for a perforated clutch disk adapted to permit sliding movement of the disk, means movable toward and from the table for centering the perforations of the disk on the support, said means adapted to receive a cork insert, and a plunger moving through said means for forcing the cork insert into a perforation in the disk, substantially as de scribed.

2. A cork inserting machine for clutch disks and the like comprising a table, vertically adjustable means thereon for receiving a perforated clutch disk between the perperforation in the disk, substantially as vde- 4 scribed,

3. A corkinserting machine for clutch disks and the like comprising a table, a headstock carried thereby and having a sleeve, a stationary cone movable toward and from the table adapted to receive a cork "insert or the likeand provided with a hol low stern sliding in said sleeve,' a plunger movablethrough and independently of the sleeve and through the cone, and independ ently operable members carried by the head stock for shifting the cone and plunger, substantially as described.

e. Ancork inserting machine for clutch disks and the like comprismg a support, a head stock thereon, a cone carrier adjustable in. the head stock, a lever for adjusting the cone carrier, a cone supported by said cone carrier, a plunger moving through the cone independently of the movement of the cone carrier, and alever carried by the head stock for the operation of said plunger said tWo levers being independent in movement the one of the other, substantially as described. 7

5. A cork inserting machine for clutch disks and the like comprising a support for a clutch disk, at head stock on the support, a cone carrier adjustable vertically in the head stock and having a hollow cone open at both ends for the insertion of an insert, a lever carried by the head stock for the operation of the cone carrier, said cone carrier and lever adapted to descend by gravity into an operative position, a plunger reciprocating through the head stock and cone, a normally raised lever for operating said plunger, said last named lever being disposed ahove the first named lever and being adjacent thereto when in its lower position, and stop means for the levers in their lower positions carried by said head stock, sub stantially as described.

6. A cork inserting machine for perforated clutch disks and the like comprising a table,

an elongated support at one portion of the in the perforations of the disk While upon I said supports.

7. A cork inserting machine comprising a table, supports thereon for a clutch disk or, the like, a head stock on the table having a stationary sleeve, a hollow stem sliding in said sleeve, a cone carrier connected to said stem and having. a slotted lug, a cone removably carried by said cone carrier, a lever fulcrumed on said head stock and having a pin slidingly engaging said slotted lug, a plunger moving through said hollow stem and cone, a link coupled to the upper end of said plunger and depending alongside the plunger, a second lever fulcrumed on the head stock above said first lever and pivotally coupled to the lower end of said link, the lever adapted to approach closely to one another but bein independently operable;

; %HARLES BOISSET. 

